What Factors Can Cause Relapses of Children Nephrotic Syndrome

After a period of hormone treatment,most of children have remission from Nephrotic Syndrome.However,it is very prone to relapse.Especially,minimal change disease and mesangial proliferative nephritis is at quite high risk of relapsing and their relapses rate can be as high as 60%. Therefore,the parents should take care of your children and prevent the Relapses of the disease.

A common cause of children Nephrotic Syndrome is reducing the dosage of hormone too rapidly.
Other causes for relapse is tiredness and infections such as colds,upper respiratory infection etc.

Here the article will introduce how to use hormone to reduce the relapses of children Nephrotic Syndrome.

1.Sufficient dosage
At the beginning of the disease,you should keep sufficient dosage of hormone.It can control the disease as soon as possible to prevent further damage.

2.Reducing the dosage slowly
The dosage of hormone should be reduced 1 time in 2 to 4 weeks.

3.Long-term maintainance
Finally,when the dosage of hormone is reduced the lowest limit,the children should keep use the hormone for a long term such as one year with the doctor's guidance. However,the parents should not neglect the huge side effects of hormone.

1.Infection
Hormone is powerful in suppressing immunity. Long-term using hormone can cause weak immunity thus resulting in frequent infections. Usually,it is difficulty in controlling infection and the infection is very likely to spread.In severe case,it may threaten the patients' life.

2.Osteoporosis
Hormone can suppress the activity of the bone cells and the absorption of calcium as well as the production of bone. As a result,the patients are at high risk of developing osteoprosis. It can delay the growth of the children seriously.

3.Diabetes
Long-term hormone using can cause sugar urine and even Diabetes.

4.Mental disease
If the children with Nephrotic Syndrome use hormone for too long,it will cause insomnia,cold expression and other mental problems. If you have been sick of the huge side effects of hormone on your child and want to seek for a natural therapy, you can consult us on line.

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